Sash holder



'J. D. JOHNSON Sept. 15, 1931.

SASH HOLDER Filed Dec.

Patented Sept. 15, 1931 JOHN D. JOHNSON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 858E HOLDER Application filed December 17, 1928. Serial Il'o. mm.

This invention relates to improvements in sash holders for windows or the like and 'aims,

may be rapidly and readily adjusted or regulated to rovide the desired and necessary amount of frictional contact with the window sash whereby the same is maintained and retained in any selected position.

Contemplated by the present invention is asash holder embodying a member for anchoring the sash holder 1n any desired location; a shoe or contact member guided u on said anchoring member; a resilient mem r mounted upon said shoe or contact member for maintaining and retaining the latter in continuous frictional contact with its complemental abutting surface; and means mounted in said anchoring member and adjustably connected to said resilient memher for varying or regulating the amount of friction between said shoe and its abutting surface, all of which are important objects of the invention and are to be correlated in the broad aim of enhancing the efiiciency of the device for general use.

The above, and additional objects which will hereinafter be more specifically treated, are attained by such means as are shown in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more clearly pointed out in the claims, which are appended hereto and form part of this app cation.

With reference to the drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, and throughout the several views of which like characters of reference designate similar parts:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a window and frame embodying the sash holders comprehended by the present invention, certain parts thereof being broken away and certain other parts being shown in section forclarity of illustration.

Fig. 2 is afragmentary horizontal section of the same taken through line 22 of Fig. 1.

F 1g. 3 is a entary vertical transverse section thereof taken through line 33 of Fig. 1, with the lower window sash in a full ralsed Hosition and the upper window sas 65 m a fu y lowered position.

Fig. 4: is a front elevation of the sash holder of the invention, as it would a pear detached from the correlated window ame thereof.

F ig.- 5 is a vertical medial transverse sectIZ on (if the same taken through line 55 of ig. 6 is a horizontal transverse section taken through line 6-6 of Fig. 4, and

Fig. 7 is a entary rear elevation of one end of'the detached sash holder.

Beginning the more detailed description of the lnventlon, the numeral 10 represents the lower sash of a window and 11 the u l per sash thereof, both of which are slidab y mounted, in an obvious manner, within channel guideways 12 and 13, respectively, of a window frame construction of well known form generally designated by the numeral 14. The numeral 15 represents a jamb of the window frame 14- having elongated openings or slots 16 extending therethrough, one of said openings 16 being formed within said jamb in medial alignment with the channel guideway 12 at a point therein slightly below the plane of the upper edge of the lower sash 10 when the same is closed or lowered, so that such opening is closed thereby, while the other of said openings 16 is formed within the j amb 15 in medial alignment with the channel guideway 13 at a point therein slightly above the plane of the lower edge of the upper sash 11 when the same is closed or raised, so that such opening is closed thereby. The face of the jamb 15 is mortised in an elongated manner around the openings 16, as indicated by the numeral 17 and such mortised portions are further mortised substantially midway their length to form arcuate seats 18 therein for a purpose hereinafter set-forth.

The sash holders for the lower and upper sashes 10 and 11 are identical in construction, and comprise anchor disks 19 snugly fitting within the mortised arcuate seats 18 in flushed relation with the correlated Inortised portions 17 thereof, said dlsks having machine screws 20 centrally seated therein and extending therefrom within the openings 16 and threadedly engaged ad acent their ends within arcuate plate springs 21, substantially midway their length, said springs having notched terminals 22,- which are slightly flexed for abuttlng the rear faces of sash contact shoes 23, said shoes having the material mediall cut and flexed inwardly adjacent their en to form arcuate lugs 24 which abut the end portions of the plate springs 21 and are straddled by the notched terminals 22 thereof. The contact shoes art cut at their centres to form central openings 25 thereat and the portions 26 so cut are flexed inwardly in perpendicular relation to the rear faces of the said contact shoes and extend through slots or openlngs 27 formed in the upper portions of the anchor disks 19 whereby the contact shoes are guided. The contact shoes 22 adjacent their rearwardly flexed terminals are provided with apertures or holes 28 'wherethrough nails may be driven'to temporarily secure the sash holder to the correlated jamb during shi ment of the window frames as will be mamfest and apparent. v

Obviously, by forming the portions or lips 26 and disposing same within the slots or openings 27, in the manner herein shown and described, the carrying load of the sashes 10 and 11 is transferred from the arcuate plate springs 21 to, and such load is carried by, the portions 26 and the edges of the slots 27, whereon said portions normally rest, thus it will be apparent and evident that the adjusting screws 20 and plate springs 21 are thereb positively relieved of any carrying load w atsoever, and in consequence said springs 21 flmction merely to provide the necessary tension between the shoes 23 and the sashes 10 and 11, respectively.

It is to be noted, that a primary and important feature of the present invention is the provision of a sash holder embodying a shoe having a relatively lar e sash contact area, whereby the pressure 0 such shoes is uniformly distributed over a comparatively large correspondin area of the side of its correlated sash, which fact positively insures against the material of the same in frictional contact with the shoe from becoming frayed, or unduly worn due to frequent opening and closing movements of the window.

In the foregoing description and in the accompanying drawings I have elected to illustrate and describe the sash holder as mounted in the jamb of the window for frictional contact with the sash, but, I desire to have it understood that in some instances it may be desirable and expedient to mount the device of the present invention in the wingow sash for frictional contact with the 1 Manifestly, therefore, the sash holder of the resent invention is extremely simple, dura le, compact and economical in construction, is reliable and eflicient in use, will not readily get out of order, may be rapidly and expeditiously installed and similarly removed for repairs or replacement, is readily adjustable to varyor regulate the amount of friction betwen its contact shoe and its correlated sash, is adaptable for use with any type of window, and being especially and particularly designed for frictional contact with the entire width of the sash the ma terial of the latter is thereby properly protected and in consequence will not become distorted from constant wear.

While I have shown and described the invention with suflicient detail to enable those skilled in the art to which it pertains to understand the mode of ,construction and the principles involved, it is to be understood that there is no intentional limitation herein to the specific form and precise details of construction shown and described, except as expressly defined by the appended claims, and that various modifications of the same may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the benefits derivable therefrom. It is also to be understood that certain features of the invention herein disclosed may be employed in other combinations than those shown and described.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A sash holder comprising a slotted anchor disk adapted to be removably seated in a mortised window jamb or sash, an elongated abutment shoe having a load carrying lug extending through said disk, an arcuate plate s ring normally abutting the inner face of sai shoe, and an adjusting screw rotatively mounted within said anchor disk and threadedly engaging said spring for regulating the same.

2. A sash holder comprising an anchor disk having a slot formed therein, an elongated abutment shoe having a load carrying lug disposed substantially midway its length and adapted to normally extend through said slot, an arcuate plate spring having its ends in normal abutment with the terminal portions of said shoe, and a co-axial adjusting screw seating within said anchor disk and threadedly engaging said spring for regulating spring engaging lugs stamped and bent from its termmal portions, an arcuate plate spring having bifurcated terminals adapted to straddle said spring engaging lugs and 5 normally abut the terminal portions of said shoe, and an adjustin screw seating within said anchor disk an threadedly engaging said spring for regulatinf same.

In testimony whereof JOHN D. JO

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